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    Chickens Seen
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    Chickens Seen

    A scene that is both aesthetically theatrical and socially mundane…as it relates to a flock of chickens, of course. You can enlarge each...
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    Spring?
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Spring?

    That looks different. Let’s go check it out. J brought his infrared thermal imager to the scene and, as you would expect, there is a...
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    So, what’s with the chickens?
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 3, 2017
    • 3 min

    So, what’s with the chickens?

    This morning. Barn door is open. 9 hens, 1 roo meander in. J goes in barn to work. Dog (Ginkgo) follows. Freaky hen flies in front of...
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    Honey for Sale!
    stellaloufarm
    • Oct 24, 2016
    • 1 min

    Honey for Sale!

    We’ve had a beautiful busy season and the bees have provided us with a bountiful supply of honey. Sweet! Our good friends, Jim and Sally,...
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    Wings of lace
    stellaloufarm
    • Jul 12, 2016
    • 1 min

    Wings of lace

    I was very pleased to see this green lacewing on the coneflowers while I was photographing honey bees. Lacewings are a beneficial insect...
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    Bagworm
    stellaloufarm
    • Mar 3, 2016
    • 1 min

    Bagworm

    Just a quick note on a new find. In the periphery of my attention, they looked like dead blossoms.  But, wait…that makes no sense. Big...
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    Stella Too!
    stellaloufarm
    • Feb 18, 2016
    • 2 min

    Stella Too!

    I started to study permaculture when I lived in Elkins Park, an inner suburb of Philadelphia. Permaculture was our gateway to gardens and...
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    Get ready…Get set…Start seeds!
    stellaloufarm
    • Feb 14, 2016
    • 2 min

    Get ready…Get set…Start seeds!

    Yes! This IS the beginning of our seed starting season! What a great activity to get into on a frigid near single digit day. With a...
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    Orchard Update
    stellaloufarm
    • Feb 4, 2016
    • 2 min

    Orchard Update

    We’ve had around 2′ of snow and, then, warmer weather. As the thaw continued, we had about 1.25″ of rain. Water is flowing. The swales in...
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    Coop de Snow
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 25, 2016
    • 2 min

    Coop de Snow

    The thing I like best about weather events such as Saturday’s snowstorm is that neighbors tend to come out to the street to share a...
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    The Honey Hedge
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 12, 2016
    • 2 min

    The Honey Hedge

    We thought that we’d like to have a visual screen between our farm and a neighboring property. My dog, Ginkgo, watches, diligently, over...
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    Chester County Rainbow
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 10, 2016
    • 1 min

    Chester County Rainbow

    January 10, 2016 just before 5:00 p.m. It got up to 60 degrees F. today, some rain with strong wind. It will drop to ’round 24 degrees F....
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    Chickens in the house (literally)!
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 10, 2016
    • 3 min

    Chickens in the house (literally)!

    NICE START TO A BLOG POST, HUH? I think it began with beetles in the orchard. This past summer, the new trees and shrubs that I planted...
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    Dear CCBA,
    stellaloufarm
    • Aug 20, 2015
    • 2 min

    Dear CCBA,

    A couple of days ago, I looked toward the bee yard. The honey bees were blasting to and from their hives…just as they should have...
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    Marshmallows!?
    stellaloufarm
    • May 27, 2015
    • 1 min

    Marshmallows!?

    Take a gander at all the fluffy marshmallows hanging in our tree. Have you ever seen such a healthy crop of marshmallows? No, of course...
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    stellaloufarm
    • Apr 27, 2015
    • 1 min

    Last Frost Date 2015

    I believe our last frost date is April 24 pm- April 25 am, 2015 (wishful thinking?). I hope I won’t need to update this brief post with a...
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    10 Jujubes
    stellaloufarm
    • Mar 25, 2015
    • 4 min

    10 Jujubes

    I first saw and tasted jujube while walking the orchards of Edible Landscaping in Virginia. It was in the fall and the fruits were sweet,...
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    Goodbye to StellaLou…
    stellaloufarm
    • Feb 10, 2015
    • 1 min

    Goodbye to StellaLou…

    This post is in memory of a stellar chicken and our farm’s namesake, StellaLou. It is, also, to celebrate a magnificent creature…that is,...
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    “A Tale of Two New Friends”
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 24, 2015
    • 1 min

    “A Tale of Two New Friends”

    My daughter, Hannah LeVasseur, and my future son-in-law, Paul Harne, have published three genuine hold-it-in-your-hand children’s books!...
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    Visit to the Coop
    stellaloufarm
    • Jan 11, 2015
    • 2 min

    Visit to the Coop

    We’ve had a couple of very cold and windy days, here, in southern Chester County, PA. The hens didn’t even want to come out of their...
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